Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
Ver. 11. Having the glory, of God] Who putteth upon her his own comeliness, Ezekiel 16:9,13, as Rachel was decked with Isaac's jewels.
Even like a jasper] And so, like God himself, who is set out by a jasper, Revelation 4:3 .
Clear as crystal] There is no such jasper in nature as is thus clear; but such a one must here be imagined. Nec Christus, nec caelum patitur hyberbolen. In speaking of Christ or heaven it is hard to hyperbolize. Christ's blood (the true Pactolus) ρει τον πλουτον, floweth with riches. Uranople (the New Jerusalem) hath its foundation garnished with all manner of precious stones, to signify as well the durableness as the excellency of it. See Revelation 21:19,20 .